> I can't be the only parent who has tried all the variations of "be reasonable". You're not. It helps to get an assessment from experienced preschool teachers

> I can't be the only parent who has tried all the variations of "be reasonable". You're not. It helps to get an assessment from experienced preschool teachers, in our case, I asked out of the current 100+ kids if there was anyone more stubborn/difficult and there wasn't. The problem is most parents think their kid is "difficult", so there is little understanding from them, and definitely no understanding from 20-somethings who think it's just bad parenting... One example is the concept of "timeout", you mean that kids simply accept this without escalating? When applied on my son that would just lead to a series of escalations until he throws up from crying too hard. Or he tries to leave the house and run away leading to having to be physically constrained for his own safety, leading to screaming until throwing up and loss of voice for a few days. Thankfully he's since matured and is quite well adapted, but ages 1-5 were rough.